This records my searches for the earliest instances in newspapers of a number of apparently Australian terms. The order is alphabetical by term and then by year, with the year of use appearing in eac...

... Cologne, in 1380 A.D., and spent most of his life in a monastery, dying in 1471 A.D. The period in which ... THOMAS a'KEMPIS. -. "The Imitation of Christ." (BY REV. LOUIS A. PEARCE.) "The Imitation of Christ ...
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... Wonderful St. Thomas a'Kempis The. "Imitation of Christ" is considered by many to be the greatest ... the compliment. Early Years. Thomas Haemmerken (or Haemmerlcin) was born about the year 1380, in the ...
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